Month: February 2022

Open Letter to Biden Administration on Increased Transparency of Clinical Trial Costs

Posted on by Claire Cassedy

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On Monday January 31, 2022, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) USA, Doctors for America, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, Professor Chris Morten of Columbia Law School, and 33 supporting organizations sent a letter to…

Brazil, Egypt, Japan, Netherlands, South Africa, and Thailand comprise the bureau of WHO’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) to draft and negotiate a WHO convention,agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response

Posted on by Thiru

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On 1 December 2021, the special session of the World Health Assembly adopted a decision launch intergovernmental negotiations to draft and negotiate a WHO convention,agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response; this signaled the intent of…

Pfizer Agrees to International Reference Pricing in US Government Contract for COVID-19 Therapeutic

Posted on by Claire Cassedy

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Published in an article by Sydney Lupkin of NPR, the Pfizer-US government contract for the COVID-19 therapeutic Paxlovid contains terms of interest in broader drug pricing discussions. The Pfizer contract includes a “Most Favored Nation Clause” (H.7), which provides that…

KEI comments to USTR regarding the 2022 Special 301 Review: Docket (USTR-2021-0021)

Posted on by James Love

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Comments of Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) 2022 Special 301 Review: Docket (USTR-2021-0021) January 31, 2022 1. The public comment process should provide the public with the opportunity to respond to industry submissions. The Special 301 submissions are primarily from rights…